CEBU CITY—Authorities expressed pessimism about finding survivors in a landslide last Dec. 21 in a mining pit in Toledo City after two days of searching.
Armando Malicse, officer-in-charge of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Central Visayas office, said experts who checked the Carmen Pit, where the landslide occurred, had expressed belief that the six persons who had gone missing could now be under water.
He said the water in the pit was also filled with slits which made the search for the missing more difficult.
“We are praying for the best but doubts that there would still be survivors from the landslide,” said Malicse after inspecting the site with other MGB regional …
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